CFWH Awards, Fellowships and Grants
Since the early 1900s, women's life expectancy in Canada has more than doubled from around 40 years to 83 years today as a result of, among other things, advances made through health research. Only with the continued support of institutions and individuals focused on women's health research will further advancements be made. Women’s health is an especially important research area because women are the primary caretakers of their families' health. Healthy women means healthy families.
Each year, CFWH issues a call for proposals to medical researchers working in women’s health. The proposals we receive undergo a blind peer review process to ensure that the most outstanding projects are funded. The selected proposals are recognized at a special ceremony during the Annual Clinical Meeting of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada.
Awards, Fellowships and Grants |
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The W. Garfield Weston Foundation Awards in Obesity and Reproductive Health |
February 15 |
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February 15 |
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Verify with your residency program coordinator |
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The Duchesnay International Elective Fellowships for Obstetrics and Gynaecology Resident |
February 15 |
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New- The CCF and CFWH Urogynaecology Award- Sponsored by Watson Pharma Company |
February 15 |
| New- Welch Allyn Award in Cervical Cancer Screening and Prevention
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February 15 |
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SOGC- CFWH Journalism Award for Excellence in Women’s Health Reporting |
First week of March |
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Collaboration and Advocacy in Residency (CARE) Project Award |
May 1 |
The W. Garfield Weston Foundation Award in Obesity and Reproductive Health
The W. Garfield Weston Foundation Awards are two grants focusing on projects that advance evidence-based research in pertinent female reproductive health issues. The 2013-2014 Awards are concentrated on the area of obesity and reproductive health.
Download the application form here
CFWH General Research Grants
The CFWH General Research Grants are awarded to those committed to finding solutions to the reproductive health issues that face women both in Canada and around the world. Open to any area within the field of obstetrics and gynaecology, these grants aim to help make further advancements in women’s health treatment, research, and education.
Download the application form here
OB/GYN University Resident Researcher Award
This annual award is presented to one resident researcher in obstetrics and gynaecology at each of Canada’s university teaching hospitals, recognizing outstanding and timely contributions to women’s health research.
Verify with your residency program coordinator.
The Duchesnay International Elective Fellowships for Obstetrics and Gynaecology Resident
CFWH awards two Duchesnay fellowships every year to resident students in obstetrics and gynaecology who desire to complete an elective in a healthcare center in a developing country. The fellowships cover four to eight weeks, with the amount varying from $2,500CAD to $3,800CAD.
Download the application form here
The CCF and CFWH Urogynaecology Award- Sponsored by Watson Pharma Company
The Canadian Continence Foundation (TCCF) and the Canadian Foundation for Women’s Health (CFWH) have partnered together to establish the Urogynaecology Award as part of the CFWH’s Awards, Fellowships and Grants Program.
The objective of The Urogynaecology Award is to foster research in the field of Urogynaecology and help women who are suffering from urinary incontinence.
The purpose of The Urogynaecology Award is also to support researchers to share their research findings and to promote knowledge of and interest in health issues to advance incontinence management and treatment options for women who are suffering from urinary incontinence.
This will be accomplished through one annual award to be awarded to Canadian Citizens, who are health-care professionals in women’s health.
Thank you to Watson Pharma Company who has helped us reach our goal and has agreed to financially support the new $12,000.00 Urogynaecology Award for 2013.
Download the application form here
Welch Allyn Award in Cervical Cancer Screening and Prevention
Thank you to Welch Allyn for establishing and financially supporting the $7,000.00 Welch Allyn Award in Cervical Cancer Screening and Prevention for 2013.
The objective of the Welch Allyn Award in Cervical Cancer Screening and Prevention is to foster research and education to save lives and to improve the health of all Canadian women. This award will support research topics related specifically to Human Papillomavirus (HPV), Pap Testing, Cervical Cancer, Colposcopy, Screening, Treatments and Prevention.
Welch Allyn Award in Cervical Cancer Screening and Prevention has been established to support a project at a community level or for medical research. This award can also be dedicated to promote women’s health examinations across Canada and may even supply funding for training nurses or health-care professionals who conduct well women’s examinations and who require continued professional learning or training. All proposal types in the category will be considered for funding.
This will be accomplished through one annual award that will be awarded to a Canadian Citizen, who is a health-care professional in women’s health.
Download the application form here
The Dawn Walker Grant in support of health policy training and development for health-care professionals
Dawn Carol Walker, R.N., was able to influence public health policy through her work both within and beyond government thanks to her training as a health-care professional. This provided her not only with a depth of knowledge and experience but also insights and professional credibility that are not available to policy makers who have had no direct work experience in the health-care field. Because of her training as a nurse, Ms. Walker intrinsically understood the health and social aspects of the issues that were being considered or needed to be brought forward and, consequently, could focus her energies as a policy developer on solutions that would result in better outcomes for all.
Thanks to the Walker-Peters Family, the Canadian Foundation for Women’s Health is proud to award one or more Dawn Walker grants in the total amount of $5,000 each year to health-care professionals and/or students so that they may be better prepared to contribute to the development of health care policy for children and women.
Download the application form here
Collaboration and Advocacy in Residency (CARE) Project Award
Collaboration & Advocacy in REsidency (CARE) is an initiative that provides a framework for resident involvement in their communities. Objectives are:
1) to provide a service for the patients in your community or abroad
2) to support and network with existing community programs
3) to facilitate team work and volunteering within your residents
4) to foster opportunities for advocacy and collaboration within your program
All SOGC Junior Member Committee (JMC) representatives from across the country are invited to organize a CARE project. The structure should follow the template which includes the objectives, resources required, and results of the CARE project. Submissions should be received by May 1 of every year. Click here for guidelines.
CARE projects can be anything that the residents deem will further women’s health. Ideas include (but are not limited to) a project at a women’s shelter or on the antepartum ward, diaper drives, Christmas hampers, assistance with local youth programs or schools, or organizing a team for ovarian cancer or breast cancer walks. International women’s health also provides opportunities such as raising donations for sending girls to school, or providing maternity care supplies to a hospital.
About the CARE Project
Rationale:
The CanMEDS roles of Advocate and Collaborator are powerful, rewarding aspects of being a physician, and are important components of becoming a medical expert. However, they often take a back seat to the scholarly and service demands of residency.
As physicians, we have a responsibility not only to diagnose and treat our patients with skill and academic competence, but also to serve as community leaders and patient advocates. The RCPSC CanMEDS framework has been designed to acknowledge this more holistic approach to physician training. Practical applications of how to actually incorporate these principles into residency training require initiative, guidance, and creativity.
Collaboration & Advocacy in Residency (CARE) is an initiative that provides a framework for resident involvement in their communities. Objectives are:
1) to provide a service for the patients in your community or abroad
2) to support and network with existing community programs
3) to facilitate team work and volunteering within your residents
4) to foster opportunities for advocacy and collaboration within your program
The Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada (SOGC) Junior Member Committee (JMC) is an excellent resource for CARE projects. Each obstetrics and gynecology residency program across the country has 2 representatives, who can either organize a project themselves, or facilitate their resident colleagues to organize projects. The Canadian Foundation for Women’s Health (CFWH) is founded by the SOGC, and supports both research and projects that further women’s health. CARE projects provide a new avenue for residents, the SOGC, and CFWH to collaborate and create new initiatives
The Pilot:
All SOGC Junior Member Committee (JMC) representatives from across the country are invited to organize a CARE project. The structure should follow the template provided, including the objectives, resources required, and results of the CARE project.
CARE projects can be anything that the residents deem will further women’s health. Ideas include (but are not limited to) a project at a women’s shelter or on the antepartum ward, diaper drives, Christmas hampers, assistance with local youth programs or schools, or organizing a team for ovarian cancer or breast cancer walks. International women’s health also provides opportunities such as raising donations for sending girls to school, or providing maternity care supplies to a hospital. Examples of submissions are provided (compliments of the ACOG “Project in a Box” campaign of 2010).
The JMC, the SOGC, and the CFWH will form an ad hoc committee to judge submissions. Successful projects will be recognized at the ACM. Feedback about the CARE Project program will be provided at the SOGC JMC meeting at the ACM, with the hope that the program can be improved and expanded next year.
2013 Healthy Women, Healthy Future Gala and Research Awards Ceremony
Wednesday, June 12 2012 at the Fairmont Palliser
A word from our supporters...
“The W. Garfield Weston Foundation Award has provided our Foundation the opportunity to support great minds in solving the issues that affect women’s health. We are so pleased to partner with the CFWH in their support of groundbreaking research projects.” Nancy Baron, Trustee, The W. Garfield Weston Foundation, Toronto, Ontario
“Duchesnay is proud to partner with the Canadian Foundation for Women’s Health (CFWH) by providing funding to ob/gyn residents wishing to pursue a fellowship in a developing country’s health care center. It is with great admiration that we support the CFWH’s efforts to improve maternal and neonatal health in those areas of the world.” Eric Gervais, Executive Vice-President, Duchesnay Inc. Montreal, Quebec
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